I play in a lot of empty rooms.

- Colin Hay

I had a very strange career. I mean I went from playing to 150,000 people in 1983/84. Three or four years later I was playing to four people, you kno…

- Colin Hay

It's frustrating to do albums that you think are worth listening to, but it's just so difficult to cut through.

- Colin Hay

I just found over the years that it's very hard to change people's perception of what it is that you do.

- Colin Hay

I tried talking to Jesus, but he just put me on hold.

- Colin Hay

There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

- Colin Hay

I do like writing songs in a band. When it's rock, it's such a different kind of dynamic, obviously.

- Colin Hay

I used to drink a lot. I had to stop drinking because it was getting the better of me, and I replaced that with really doing shows.

- Colin Hay

I like to let the songs speak so that they can go through some kind of rebirth as you play them.

- Colin Hay